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MER6ANSEES. 



1. HOODED MERGANSER, L. cucullatus. 

 bill, 1.70; above, head, Fig. 138. 



upper neck, and collar 

 on lower neck, black 

 ■with violet irides- 

 cence ; triangular 

 patch on head ^nd 

 crest, some streakings 

 above, spots on wings, 

 and beneath, white; 

 sides, chestnut finely 

 banded with black; 

 iris, orange; bill, 

 black ; feet, dusky-or- 



19.00; 







ange, fig. 139. Female 



and young, brown on 



head, neck and upper 



parts; white beneath. TN, A, a, 2. 1-10. 



N. A. south to Mexico and Cuba, breeding throughout most 



of its range; resident from the Carolinas southward. Eggs, 



6 to 10, pure white, placed in holes or shallow cavities of trees 



in May. Common, occurring more often on fresh waters than 



on salt. 



Fig. 139. Fig. 140. 





P^, A, b, 1. 1-8. -^ ■'- 'IV,^ A, c, 1. 1-8.' 



c. Smews. Mergus. 



Differ from b in having the bill shorter and the crest not 

 as prominent. 



